History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
Photograph; Avalon; houseboat; Lake Wawasee; Fortune
This black and white photograph shows the houseboat "Avalon" on Lake Wawasee. The "Avalon" was built in 1898 at a cost of $1400.00 for Mr. Fortune of Indianapolis.
The "Belle of the Bends" was built in 1898 and in 1909 she sank and was raised for the first time. A year later she again went under and was raised. She ran as an excursion boat in New Orleans in 1910 and 1911. Soon after she was overhauled and...
A group of people are shown on the "Falls City" on the Kentucky River. The "Falls City" was built in 1890 at New Albany and worked the Louisville to Frankfort route until she had to be replaced with another boat bearing the same name in 1898.
Advertising items; Hoops Tea Company; Letter; Ethel Francis Hoops (Blough); William Acton Hoops; Chicago; Pier 797; Dr. John Wright; Wawasee Yacht Club; Emma Bogue Hoops
Advertising items from the Hoops Tea Company (approx. 1900). William Acton Hoops, a native of Goshen, prospered in Chicago where he was an importer of teas, coffees and spices. He bought 4 lots (currently Pier 797) from Dr. John Wright (the...
